Two astonishing facts about the universe

The unique ability (we think) of human beings to make music. The size of it. Let that sink in. All that old SF where the galaxy is big but crossable, that emperors and United Federations of Planets can dominate it, looks awfully parochial. I am not sure that future generations will even laugh at our efforts to comprehend it; maybe they will just blink at the so-called future.